Chihururu Surname

853,416th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 320 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Chihururu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chihururu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe3151:49,0107,495
Mozambique41:6,815,3924,272
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Chihururu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Chihururu Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Chihururu occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Chihururu? popularity and diffusion

Chihururu is the 853,416th most commonly used family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 22,773,581 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chihururu live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most frequently used in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 315 people, or 1 in 49,010. In Zimbabwe it is most common in: Manicaland Province, where 45 percent reside, Harare Province, where 26 percent reside and Mashonaland East Province, where 14 percent reside. Without taking into account Zimbabwe this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Mozambique, where 1 percent reside and South Africa, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Chiururu9461/
Chihurira7812/
Kehururu7185/
Kijururu717/
Chihoriro6713/
Kehuruuru671/
Chihorera671/
Chihororo671/
Kyururu631/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Chihururu
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